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PRESS RELEASE: Privacy International files complaints against seven companies for wide-scale and systematic infringements of data protection law

8th November 2018

Today, Privacy International has filed complaints against seven data brokers (Acxiom, Oracle), ad-tech companies (Criteo, Quantcast, Tapad), and credit referencing agencies (Equifax, Experian) with data protection authorities in France, Ireland, and the UK. Privacy International urges the data protection authorities to investigate these companies and to protect individuals from the mass exploitation of their data. Our complaints target companies that, despite exploiting the data of millions of…

We “value” your privacy – (now allow us to track you across the internet)

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I asked an online tracking company for all of my data and here's what I found

7th November 2018

It’s 15:10 pm on April 18, 2018. I’m in the Privacy International office, reading a news story on the use of facial recognition in Thailand. On April 20, at 21:10, I clicked on a CNN Money Exclusive on my phone. At 11:45 on May 11, 2018, I read a story on USA Today about Facebook knowing when teen users are feeling insecure. How do I know all of this? Because I asked an advertising company called Quantcast for all of the data they have about me. Most people will have never heard of Quantcast…